Chapter 10 Flashcards
Boot partiton
\Windows folder, OS stored
Basic disk
Single, independent HD
Dynamic disk
Software RAID enabled disk
Extended partition
Fourth partition, multiple volumes/logical drives
FAU (file allocation unit)
Group of sectors
GUIPT
Partitioning system for over 2TB
High-level format
Complete format, drive letter
Low level format
Factory, sector marking
Initialization files
Text files w/ registry data
Logical drives
Portion/all of HD extended partition, like a physical drive/volume
MBR
First sector of the HD, contains partition table
MFT
Newer form of FAT
Offline files
Corrupt, unavailable files
Pagefile.sys
File used as virtual memory
Primary partition
Volume
Quick format
Format, no error checking
Registry
OS software/hardware config, app settings, user preferences
Shadow copy
Copy of currently open file included in backup
Simple volume
Volume on 1 HD
Slack
Wasted space at end of cluster
Image
Backup of a volume
System partition
C: contains OS, active partition
System state data
Files for loading Os
Track
Circular divisions of platter
UDF
New optical disk format
Namespace
Folder containing subfolders of user profile
Virtual memory
Enhances RAM
Wildcard
Characters to shorten filenames